BTFA

Cassy surged forward, sobbing, and trying to explain to talk to her parents but they didn’t seem to want to see her, let alone hear what she had to say.

As if sensing her sudden agitation, Lino burst through the door, an unstoppable force. A broken sound escaped Cassy when his gaze found hers and his nostrils flared at the sight of her tears.

“I demand to know what you have done to my daughter this very minute!” Her father bellowed and Cassy flinched, stepping away from him, retreating to a different corner of the chambers.

“Mr. Benson,” Lino began, taking three quick strides to settle himself beside Cassy. He placed an arm around her shoulder and pulled her to him, squeezing tightly but not painfully on Cassy’s shoulder. A gesture of reassurance that he would handle it. He said as much into her head and she relaxed against him, feeling safe in his warmth.

She couldn’t be more grateful that she wasn’t handling her father’s wrath alone. Or at all. She was a coward. She cou